Coronavirus has completely paralyzed the whole world. It has created a sense of insecurity and helplessness.
The most developed economic countries like USA, UK and Europe are struggling to cope with the pandemic. The priorities of these countries were wars and weapons. Now when they are in grip of the corona pandemic, their health infrastructure is completely shattered. They are short of ventilators to save their ailing populations.
In our country when this pandemic started our preventive measures were half-hearted except in Sindh. Our health facilities are already meager and not in position to face this disaster so the nation needed coordinated and prompt measures to face this challenge. In this high time, SIUT started playing the front line role in serving the humanity. SIUT started an exclusive coronavirus clinic on 18th March.
Till date more than 3600 patients have been screened and only 25 patients turned out positive. Of these 9 patients with minor symptoms were advised home quarantine, 11 patients were admitted in isolation ward and 5 patients were admitted in the ICU who needed ventilator support. In the coming days we will need more and more ventilators and ICU facilities.
